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Poplar Publishing Newcomer Novel Award ぽぷらしゃしょうせつしんじんしょう

Edition 10 (2020)

Full-length novelEntertainment

Winners

4 people
仲田詩魚 なかだ しお encouragement award

A coming-of-age novel told from the perspectives of three girls at the same school, capturing the suffocating feeling and lack of belonging of adolescence.

Even if the days are the same, the world each girl sees is slightly different.

adolescencefriendshipschool lifeself-acceptance
相沢泉見 あいざわ いずみ encouragement award

A gourmet mystery in which a poor live-in housekeeper and a wealthy boy detective solve cases with the help of simple ingredient-add-on cooking tips.

The secret to solving the case is a little extra ingredient.

342 pages
mysteryfoodbuddy storyromance
幡野京子 はたの きょうこ encouragement award

A story of Satsuki, who works at a garden shop after losing her parent and begins to confront her own life when she takes in her sister's daughter.

Looking again at a solitary life while tending to plants.

familygardeninglonelinessnew beginnings
葵日向子 あおい ひなこ encouragement award

A historical novel in which Chigusa, who believes in her husband's innocence, opens a bento shop in Edo with her brother-in-law and makes lunch boxes that reflect the feelings of her customers.

Lighting up people's feelings with bento.

historical fictionbentofamilyhuman drama